THE BOYHOOD OF LEONARDO - The true story of a young Leonardo da Vinci: Baba Indaba Children's Stories - Issue 218

By Anon E. Mouse and Narrated by Baba Indaba

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 218
In this 218th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the story of the Boyhood of Leonardo da Vinci.
From his birth in the village of Anchiano, north of Florence, to his move to Milan and the creation of his mechanical Lion for Francis I., King of France and to his travels around France painting portraits to designing and improving the battlements of many castles – and there is more…..
To read the story of the life of Leonardo, you are invited to download the story here.

Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".

Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps.

33% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities.
INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

• Language: English
• Publisher: Abela Publishing
• Release date: May 5, 2017
• ISBN: 9788826085395

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THE BOYHOOD OF LEONARDO

A Fairy Tale

Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

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Abela Publishing, London

2016

THE BOYHOOD OF LEONARDO

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2016

Baba Indaba Children’s Stories

ISSN 2397-9607

Issue 218

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An Introduction to Baba Indaba

Baba Indaba, pronounced Baaba Indaaba, lived in Africa a long-long time ago. Indeed, this story was first told by Baba Indaba to the British settlers over 250 years ago in a place on the South East Coast of Africa called Zululand, which is now in a country now called South Africa.

In turn the British settlers wrote these